Woman, 22, jumps to her death from Hackensack apartment building

HACKENSACK - A 22-year-old woman jumped to her death from the balcony of her 10th floor apartment Monday afternoon, the police director said.

Police were called at 2 p.m. to 170 Prospect Ave. after the woman had jumped. Her body fell through an awning and landed in the front driveway of the building, said Hackensack Police Director Michael Mordaga.

The building is part of the luxury Excelsior apartment complex and the woman had lived there for a little more than a month, Mordaga said.

She lived alone and no one else was in the apartment at the time of the apparent suicide, he said. When police tried it enter, the apartment door was locked with deadbolts on the inside and the locks had to be cut.

Mordaga said the woman was married, but recently separated from her spouse.